Agency for Investment Promotion and Business Support in Central Serbia

Press conference regarding ending of
"Creation of Sumadija and Pomoravlje
Investment Locations Regional Data Base"
project

At the premises of Chamber of Commerce and Industry Kragujevac on December 29th 2008 press conference regarding successful ending of "Creation of Sumadija and Pomoravlje Investment Locations Regional Data Base" project was held. Project was co-financed by Diaspora Ministry of the Republic of Serbia with goal to improve economic partnership with diaspora and raise the competitiveness level of Central Serbia on the foreign direct investment market.

Predrag Lucic - Manager of Agency for Investment Promotion and Business Support in Central Serbia, Zvonko Sosevic - Adviser at Diaspora Ministry of the Republic of Serbia and Ivan Vicovac - Project manager addressed to reporters.

Representatives of electronic media were informed about goals and activities of project and about the significance of projects like this one for further collaboration with diaspora. The way of project results presentation, on multimedial Flash presentation which is distributed on DVDs and also can be found on Diaspora Center of CCI Kragujevac web portal, was introduced to them.

Sumadija and Pomoravlje Investment Locations Data Base, which will be used in further activities of CCI Kragujevac Diaspora Center and Diaspora Ministry, consists of Sumadija and Pomoravlje greenfield and brownfield investment locations review.

Target groups and beneficiaries of this project are:

Entrepreneurs, (diaspora representatives who have business registered in Republic of Serbia),
Entrepreneurs – diaspora (diaspora representatives who have business registered abroad, but have intention to invest in Central Serbia or enlarge their business activities to Central Serbia territory),
Diaspora representatives that are not entrepreneurs,
Foreign investors.

The project itself represents major support to CCI Kragujevac Diaspora Center and Data Base created through this project represents basis for further Diaspora Center activities. Updating of Data Base will be one of current activities of Diaspora Center which guaranties the sustainability of this project.